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officer for the city heading up chicago's ambitious mission to cool the city down. >> we're in the midst of, right now, a $7 billion multi-year program on building a new chicago. so we're redoing and renovating infrastructure throughout the city. >> sreenivasan: they're changing everything from head to toe-- or, in a city's case, from roof to street. one of chicago's most beautiful gardens is one very few people get to see, a 23,000-square-foot green roof that sits on top of city hall. the difference a green roof makes is measurable. that side of city hall's roof used to be traditional black, like most roofs. on a hot day, when it was 90 degrees out, they came out and measured the surface temperature. it was 169 degrees, versus this side of city hall, where they have a green roof, and the surface temperature was 90 degrees. michael berkshire administers green roof projects for the city. >> rooftops are one of the last kind of frontiers that you can really look at, and it's a significant amount of space. >> sreenivasan: berkshire says the plants on green roofs soak up heat, and keep both
officer for the city heading up chicago's ambitious mission to cool the city down. >> we're in the midst of, right now, a $7 billion multi-year program on building a new chicago. so we're redoing and renovating infrastructure throughout the city. >> sreenivasan: they're changing everything from head to toe-- or, in a city's case, from roof to street. one of chicago's most beautiful gardens is one very few people get to see, a 23,000-square-foot green roof that sits on top of city...
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spends time reading, fastg, wandering the city. there's this almost monk-like existence. >> narrator: as he walked the streets, friends say he was affected by the poverty all around him. >> i saw a transformation in the barry i had met in occidental. he got very serious and less lighthearted and our conversations were more about serious things, wouldn't want to go around the bar, have a drink, was worried about poor people, didn't care about getting rich. i mean, that's my opinion of dull at that time. >> there is one great letter where he describes how all oft his choom gang friends are sort of getting into the mainstreamhe and his pakistani friends are all moving toward the business world. and to him all of that seems too small, too categorized, too limitingti >> "caught without a class, a structure, or tradition to support me, in a sense the choice to take a different path is made for me. the only way to assuage my feelings of isolation are to absorb all the traditions, classes; make them mine, me theirs." >> and, he's trying to
spends time reading, fastg, wandering the city. there's this almost monk-like existence. >> narrator: as he walked the streets, friends say he was affected by the poverty all around him. >> i saw a transformation in the barry i had met in occidental. he got very serious and less lighthearted and our conversations were more about serious things, wouldn't want to go around the bar, have a drink, was worried about poor people, didn't care about getting rich. i mean, that's my opinion...
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and online tonight-- some comic book heroes defy the laws of physics; others get the science right. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: so how much silk does spider-man need to swing through new york city? we talked to one physics professor who is trying to bring science fiction a little closer to science fact. plus, will the new health care law cover non-citizens? yes, if they're here legally. find that story from our partners at kaiser health news on the rundown. and on tonight's edition of "need to know," ray moderates a roundtable discussion about the fiscal cliff and congress's deadline to deal with expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts. find a link to "need to know" and much more at newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll talk with npr's peter overby about spending by super-pacs on campaign ads. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night
and online tonight-- some comic book heroes defy the laws of physics; others get the science right. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: so how much silk does spider-man need to swing through new york city? we talked to one physics professor who is trying to bring science fiction a little closer to science fact. plus, will the new health care law cover non-citizens? yes, if they're here legally. find that story from our partners at kaiser health news on the rundown. and on tonight's...
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city of aleppo; the record- breaking sky jump; and the legacy of arlen specter. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: two americans won the 2012 nobel prize in economics today for research on market design and matching. it affects everything from placing doctors in the right hospitals to pairing students with the schools they most want. the honorees are alvin roth of harvard university, and currently a visiting professor at stanford university, and lloyd shapley, a professor emeritus at the university of california los angeles. wall street had a strong start to the week on news of rising retail sales and better-than- expected earnings at citigroup. the dow jones industrial average gained 95 points to close at 13,424. the nasdaq rose 20 points to close at 3064. a 14-year-old pakistani girl who was shot by a taliban gunman was flown to england today for medical treatment. we have a report from lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: the ambulance drove slowly from birmingham airport. inside the girl was s
city of aleppo; the record- breaking sky jump; and the legacy of arlen specter. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: two americans won the 2012 nobel prize in economics today for research on market design and matching. it affects everything from placing doctors in the right hospitals to pairing students with the schools they most want. the honorees are alvin roth of harvard university, and currently a visiting professor at stanford university, and...
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the same goes here in ocean city. there's less debris i've seen but because there's so much water people are not comginack in right b now. >> suarez: kate zezima of the associated press thanks for joining us. >> thank you. woodruff: and our apologies. we did have not photos for mr mr. seaton andks ms. zezima and now the problem for air travelers. >> warner: at least 17,000 flights have been canceled since saturd including nearly 8,di00 today. jean medina is with the airlines for america a trade line that represents the major carriers. ms. medina, give us an update on where air travel stands right nowhis evening. i mean, how many airports remain hiclosed? how many passengers have had their plans derailed?cl >> well, as you noted a lot of cancellations. we'r slowly working to bring s the network back . the biggest challenge for us right now remains new york. the three largest airports in new york are closed and will be closed for some of tomorrow and perhaps all of tomorrow. and that's a challenge because roughly one th
the same goes here in ocean city. there's less debris i've seen but because there's so much water people are not comginack in right b now. >> suarez: kate zezima of the associated press thanks for joining us. >> thank you. woodruff: and our apologies. we did have not photos for mr mr. seaton andks ms. zezima and now the problem for air travelers. >> warner: at least 17,000 flights have been canceled since saturd including nearly 8,di00 today. jean medina is with the airlines...
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the tallest residential building in the city. "the new york times" has dubbed it the global billionaire's club, and for good reason. at least two of the apartments are under contract for more than $90 million each. others, more modest, range in price from $45 million to more than $50 million. simultaneously, the powers that be have just awarded donal hd trump, yes, that donald trump, the right to run a golf course in the bronx which taxpayers are spending at least $97 million to build. what amounts to a public subsidy, says the indignant city comptroller for a luxus, golf course. good grief. a handout to the pollute contracts. this is a city where economic inequality rivals that of a third world counuy. of america's 25 largest cities new york is now the most unequal. the median income for the bottom 20% last year was less than $9,000. while the top 1% of new yorkers has an average income of ou$2.2 million across america this divide between the super rich and everyone else has become a yawning chasm.ac at no time in modern history
the tallest residential building in the city. "the new york times" has dubbed it the global billionaire's club, and for good reason. at least two of the apartments are under contract for more than $90 million each. others, more modest, range in price from $45 million to more than $50 million. simultaneously, the powers that be have just awarded donal hd trump, yes, that donald trump, the right to run a golf course in the bronx which taxpayers are spending at least $97 million to...
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cities all about the economics. and san francisco did its own numbers, and they said it would bring $1.4 billion of economic benefit here and 9,000 jobs. >> reporter: but a disappointed san francisco mayor ed lee announced that the agreement and the promises of many of those jobs was going by the board. after cup organizers decided that developing the pier would cost too much. still, the city and oracle wejo ahead with race plans. others were released. they saw the arrangement with ellison as a give away of city property. andso others feared the environment consequences of too many visitors and non-recreational uses of waterfront land. and then there was the matter of boats. they thought up to 15 72-foot boats could compete, but they cost millions. and in the midst of a worldwide recession, only four of them, plus ellison's decided to take part. nobody is suggesting that the race will be a bust, but the prospects for the city and the cup itself is not as bright as it had been. >> the event is going to be bigger and
cities all about the economics. and san francisco did its own numbers, and they said it would bring $1.4 billion of economic benefit here and 9,000 jobs. >> reporter: but a disappointed san francisco mayor ed lee announced that the agreement and the promises of many of those jobs was going by the board. after cup organizers decided that developing the pier would cost too much. still, the city and oracle wejo ahead with race plans. others were released. they saw the arrangement with...
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youngstown is the largest city in the region andi reaped many of the benefits. it's not just auto breathing new life into northeast ohio. in youngstown, the once declining steel industry has come back. and the evidence is french-ownedfr bn m-star which makes field tube force natural gas drilling. the company chose youngstown for its $1 billion expansion. you might not think of ohio as an energy powerhouse, but it is on the verge of a natural gas boomnaf its own. northeast ohio hit on vast shale formatioomathich are rich in gashi and oil. advances in hydraulic fracturing known as fracking have put the possibility of extracting that energy within reach. tom waltermire is chairman of team northeast ohio , a nonprofit economic development group. >> the gas drilling that is starting to happen in ohio is just starting to take place. you know, in the last year, maybe a hundred wells have been drilled. and two years from now, over a thousand per year are projected to be drilled. so that's just starting to ramp up. >> for politicians in an election fight the question is
youngstown is the largest city in the region andi reaped many of the benefits. it's not just auto breathing new life into northeast ohio. in youngstown, the once declining steel industry has come back. and the evidence is french-ownedfr bn m-star which makes field tube force natural gas drilling. the company chose youngstown for its $1 billion expansion. you might not think of ohio as an energy powerhouse, but it is on the verge of a natural gas boomnaf its own. northeast ohio hit on vast shale...
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what was the state of security at that consulate and the whole environment in the city before the attacks? >> well, the state of security had been pretty constant. they were relying largely on local libyans to handle it. there were four armed libyan guards and four unarmed libyan guards. there were also five armed americans at the time. i believe there were probably twice that many at the separate fight, the annex where there was a second set of attacks later on. that's pretty minimal. that had really been the state of security for the several months leading up even though there had been a number of attacks on western targets including the consulate itself which had been bombed in june. >> warner: and these were detailed, some of these in congressman issa's letter including an attack on the british ambassador's convoy >> right. warner: with r.p.g.s there were attacks on the red cross facility in benghazi. as siobhan said there was a june 5 attack on this very consulate that was later sieged. so that's why there were these questions right at the outset right after any after math of the att
what was the state of security at that consulate and the whole environment in the city before the attacks? >> well, the state of security had been pretty constant. they were relying largely on local libyans to handle it. there were four armed libyan guards and four unarmed libyan guards. there were also five armed americans at the time. i believe there were probably twice that many at the separate fight, the annex where there was a second set of attacks later on. that's pretty minimal....
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yekaterina samutsevich was mobbed by the media as she left the moscow city court. she vowed to fight for the release of the other two women, whose sentences of two years in prison were upheld. the case has been widely condemned in the u.s. and europe as part of a crackdown on dissent. toyota recalled more than seven million vehicles around the world today for a bad power- window switch that can fill the car with smoke. the action affects more than a dozen models made from 2005 through 2010. there have been more than 200 incidents reported in the u.s., but no crashes or injuries have resulted. toyota has been trying to recover from a series of recalls of some 14 million vehicles in recent years. car owners who have crashed in the last three years may have gotten counterfeit airbags as replacements, without knowing it. the national highway traffic safety administration warned today there's an extreme safety risk. it said at least 250,000 vehicles may have airbags that inflate only partially or not at all. car owners should check a website safercar.gov for more inform
yekaterina samutsevich was mobbed by the media as she left the moscow city court. she vowed to fight for the release of the other two women, whose sentences of two years in prison were upheld. the case has been widely condemned in the u.s. and europe as part of a crackdown on dissent. toyota recalled more than seven million vehicles around the world today for a bad power- window switch that can fill the car with smoke. the action affects more than a dozen models made from 2005 through 2010....
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a look at the situation in the old city. he found no commerce, no tourists, only war. the souk's alleys now a bomb- out ghost town. merchants and shoppers replaced by rebel fighters battling government snipers.- shops with wares replaced by sandbagged fighting positions. just moments before muse arrived, syrian forces had shelled and destroyed a building, injuring two people. >> allah akbar! >> brown: around the corner, there were battle calls and more fightg. nt helicopters arrived and sniper fire intensified. muse had to flee the area aftert being grazed by a ricocheted bullet.r a particularly sad aspect to the destruction is that aleppo has historically been home not only ers of civilization and religions, but an interaction between them. c julian raby showed us an example in one of his museum's most prized possessions, a large cauldron. >> it an extraordinary object, it's one of the most elaborate of all of these silver-inlayed vessels from the 13th century.t butt's extraordinary becauseb it combines imagery that's typic
a look at the situation in the old city. he found no commerce, no tourists, only war. the souk's alleys now a bomb- out ghost town. merchants and shoppers replaced by rebel fighters battling government snipers.- shops with wares replaced by sandbagged fighting positions. just moments before muse arrived, syrian forces had shelled and destroyed a building, injuring two people. >> allah akbar! >> brown: around the corner, there were battle calls and more fightg. nt helicopters arrived...
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democrats have won the once- thriving steel city in the past. but this year, economic woes have put pueblo, and the state, up for grabs. the correspondent is john larson. in this excerpt, he explores voter attitudes about the gridlock in washington. >> jack is the director of the pueblo economic development corporation at 301 north main street. >> i can't tell you how many folks have come up to me and say what can we do. how do we impact this. and because we're talking not about our local government, not even about the state government. it's feels as though we just don't have that ability to influence those events. >> that said, that the lawmakers in washington appear increasingly deaf to the realities of main street, was something we heard from nearly everyone here regardless of political party or oddology. we asked everyone whether they had confidence the federal government could help solve some of the country's most pressing issues. >> no i don't. i mean the state of colorado has-- here and we have a lot of faith in them. the overall governme
democrats have won the once- thriving steel city in the past. but this year, economic woes have put pueblo, and the state, up for grabs. the correspondent is john larson. in this excerpt, he explores voter attitudes about the gridlock in washington. >> jack is the director of the pueblo economic development corporation at 301 north main street. >> i can't tell you how many folks have come up to me and say what can we do. how do we impact this. and because we're talking not about our...
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a wave of bombings targeted shi- ite neighborhoods, from the northern city of kirkuk to the southern town of kut. the iraqi affiliate of al-qaeda claimed responsibility. iran has restored access to google's e-mail service, a week after the government blocked it. the initial action against g-mail was taken after an anti- islamic video appeared on google's video hosting site, youtube. but the loss of service drew complaints from users, including members of the iranian parliament. the people of greece got more grim news today: they're facing a sixth year of recession. a draft budget projected the greek economy will shrink again in 2013 by almost 4%. unemployment is set to rise another full point, to nearly 25%. meanwhile, euro-zone officials reported unemployment across the continent remained at a record high of 11.4% in august. . >> the figure is much higher than a year ago. it demonstrates the importance of putting in place effective reforms to reverse the trend in unemployment and in particular youth unemployment. it's clearly unacceptable that 25 million europeans are now out of wor
a wave of bombings targeted shi- ite neighborhoods, from the northern city of kirkuk to the southern town of kut. the iraqi affiliate of al-qaeda claimed responsibility. iran has restored access to google's e-mail service, a week after the government blocked it. the initial action against g-mail was taken after an anti- islamic video appeared on google's video hosting site, youtube. but the loss of service drew complaints from users, including members of the iranian parliament. the people of...
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thieves carried out a brazen art heist overnight at a museum in the dutch city of rotterdam. seven paintings were stolen, including works by monet, picasso, and matisse, among others. they're part of a private collection that was being exhibited publicly for the first time. police did not explain how the robbers managed it, but one museum security expert said they had to get through a sophisticated security system. >> the response was very quick. thieves were not able to steal many paintings but unfortunately they got out a few paintings. these paintings will remain on the crime scene for many many years, maybe because they can't sell them they might destroy them. again it's impossible to sell them. >> sreenivasan: the paintings would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars if they were sold legally. the c.e.o. of citigroup abruptly resigned today, effective immediately. vikram pandit and his chief operating officer, john havens, both stepped down. citigroup said michael corbat will step in as c.e.o. he had been the bank's chief executive for europe, the middle east and afri
thieves carried out a brazen art heist overnight at a museum in the dutch city of rotterdam. seven paintings were stolen, including works by monet, picasso, and matisse, among others. they're part of a private collection that was being exhibited publicly for the first time. police did not explain how the robbers managed it, but one museum security expert said they had to get through a sophisticated security system. >> the response was very quick. thieves were not able to steal many...
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who stoodin line to hear vice president biden at the republican friendly retirement community sun city say they are confint thon the president will do well in the final debate which will center on freign affairs. >> i think he and hillary clinton have done a fine job. ionean, afterea all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. aall in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concned and draw coconclusions that we are weakei because of president obama. i think that we are stronger because of president obama. >> woodrf: but democratic statef: legislator darrenoto who knows florida politics says the pressure will be on the president not only to prevail on foreign policy but to make aor larger point about the economy. and to do it in a way that gets democrats out of their homes and into the voting booth. >> continuing to fight for us like he did in the second debate will be critical. so he's got to keep that moxie together. second, i think he needs to continue to articulate and even further detail economic
who stoodin line to hear vice president biden at the republican friendly retirement community sun city say they are confint thon the president will do well in the final debate which will center on freign affairs. >> i think he and hillary clinton have done a fine job. ionean, afterea all, romney insulted israel, poland and u.k. aall in one week or something. >> i don't think he's really in a position to jump all the way out there as far as foreign affairs is concned and draw...
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earlier the romney campaign canceled has experience on the show citiing scheduling conflics instead he sent in his wife ann to face the tough questions. >> one of the things with your husband when he was governor he was pro-choice. i wonder what your views are. were you the same way when he was governor? have you changed? i'm sure you've had discussions about this. >> you know, the good news is, i'm not running for office and i don't have to say what i feel. but i am pro-life. i'm happy to say that. mitt's always been a pro-life person. he governed when he ran a pro-choice. >> and yet, as mitt romney disavows the bastion of tough talking liberal ladies his campaign is in a desperate bid to repair his standing among women. bindergate exploded online 15,000 people following while binders full of women has 300,000 likes. romney's women problem is actually nothing new. it's been dogging him for nearly two decades since ted kennedy released this ad. >> more facts about mitt romney's business record. fact, as head of bain capital, romney hired only one woman among 40 top managers. the globe
earlier the romney campaign canceled has experience on the show citiing scheduling conflics instead he sent in his wife ann to face the tough questions. >> one of the things with your husband when he was governor he was pro-choice. i wonder what your views are. were you the same way when he was governor? have you changed? i'm sure you've had discussions about this. >> you know, the good news is, i'm not running for office and i don't have to say what i feel. but i am pro-life. i'm...
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paulson called central park the most deserving of all the city's cultural institutions, and said his grandparents had their first date there. paulson's known for making billions by bting on theti collapse of the housing market. >> susie: lovely donation. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, october 23. good nightsusie, and good a night, everyone. >> susie:ood night, tom.si thanks for watching, everyone. we'll see you online at nbr.com, and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wp captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the program, complete show transcripts and all the market stats. also follows us on our facebook page-- bizrpt. and on twitter @bizrpt.
paulson called central park the most deserving of all the city's cultural institutions, and said his grandparents had their first date there. paulson's known for making billions by bting on theti collapse of the housing market. >> susie: lovely donation. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, october 23. good nightsusie, and good a night, everyone. >> susie:ood night, tom.si thanks for watching, everyone. we'll see you online at nbr.com, and back here...
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. >> tom: our coverage of freelancers continues tomorrow in new york city. where they're breaking ground on the first medical facility dedicated tfreelance workers. we'll show you why it's not like your typical doctor's office. also tomorrow, some big earnings after the bell, microsoft and google. we'll have results.nc >> susie: if you watched last night's presidential debate, yos heard both president obama and governor romney talk about their efforts to help small businesses. but when it comes to creating jobs, tonight's commentator says not all small businesses are created equal. here's "inc." editor-ichief, eric schurenberg. >> repter: you may not have a clue about economics, but if you've been listening to politicians this year, you know one thing: small businesses create jobs. clear the way fo mom-and-pop m owners and we'll be back at 4% unemployment in no time. only prlem is, that's wrong. now, small businesses are great, but it should be obvious that putting a dry cleaner or a real estate broker on every corner is not going to save the economy. like b
. >> tom: our coverage of freelancers continues tomorrow in new york city. where they're breaking ground on the first medical facility dedicated tfreelance workers. we'll show you why it's not like your typical doctor's office. also tomorrow, some big earnings after the bell, microsoft and google. we'll have results.nc >> susie: if you watched last night's presidential debate, yos heard both president obama and governor romney talk about their efforts to help small businesses. but...
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the drive-by shooting happened near the man's home in the capital city sanaa as he headed to work. officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of al qaeda. the victim worked for the embassy for 11 years. yemeni officials said he was investigating a recent assault on the compound. but the u.s. state department said that was not the case. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: a diplomatic row between russia and turkey has erupted over the grounding of a plane in turkish airspace. margaret warner reports. >> warner: turkish military jets forced the syrian passenger plane to land last night at ankara, after it entered turkish airspace enroute from moscow to damascus today, turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan said his government, acting on a tip, had found the plane was carrying russian-made munitions and military gear to aid the assad regime, in the syrian civil war. >> this was equipment and ammunition that was being sent from a russian agency to the syrian defense ministry. this equipment is now being examined by relevant units. under no cir
the drive-by shooting happened near the man's home in the capital city sanaa as he headed to work. officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of al qaeda. the victim worked for the embassy for 11 years. yemeni officials said he was investigating a recent assault on the compound. but the u.s. state department said that was not the case. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: a diplomatic row between russia and turkey has erupted over the grounding of a...
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doctor stephen kingsmore led the research team at children's mercy hospitals in kansas city. he's the director for the center for pediatric genomic medicine there. dr. kingsmore, welcome, and thank you for being with us. first of all,-- >> thank you very much. >> warner: how big a breakthrough is this? >> this is a big breakthrough. we've been working toward this goal for a coup of years now. there has been a big gap between the knowledge that we have of genetic diseases, about 35% of them, and the ability for doctors to identify which of these was a problem in any given child with an illness. >> warner: and up until now, how much have you been able to diagnose the d.n.a. abnormalities? how quickly? i mean, i said it can take weeks and weeks, but what's the process that's making it so slow now? >> well, typically, the way that this has been tested is for a doctor to pick the leading candidate gene or part of the d.n.a. code, and to look at just that. it's kind of like fishing with a single fishing line. it can take months. sometimes it takes five years to make a diagnosis. an
doctor stephen kingsmore led the research team at children's mercy hospitals in kansas city. he's the director for the center for pediatric genomic medicine there. dr. kingsmore, welcome, and thank you for being with us. first of all,-- >> thank you very much. >> warner: how big a breakthrough is this? >> this is a big breakthrough. we've been working toward this goal for a coup of years now. there has been a big gap between the knowledge that we have of genetic diseases,...
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it was not the city but the state of louisiana. and forgiven 16 months of the fees that were waived picked up by the federal government. gerri: what about these comments? speaking to people who were on your side. that was the candidates frame of mind. did he go to far? >> absolutely. saying the bush should ministrations is bigoted. shame on him to be so racially divisive trying to get votes. what happened to the man who said he would bring us together who blames the predecessor as a racial bigot? >> vice president joe biden had comments. >> this is a deadly. how they can justify raising taxes with the middle-class over the last four years. [laughter] gerri: i could hardly believe he said that. >> the gift that keeps on giving. it is apparent to simply repeat the charge romney will raise taxes is ridiculous. i have to agree. american people are buried under a mountain of debt and buried under the longest stretch of high eight unemployment in a recovery the most anemic since world war ii for the first time ever median household incom
it was not the city but the state of louisiana. and forgiven 16 months of the fees that were waived picked up by the federal government. gerri: what about these comments? speaking to people who were on your side. that was the candidates frame of mind. did he go to far? >> absolutely. saying the bush should ministrations is bigoted. shame on him to be so racially divisive trying to get votes. what happened to the man who said he would bring us together who blames the predecessor as a...
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>> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at rising temperatures in urban areas, and one city's efforts to cool down. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
>> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at rising temperatures in urban areas, and one city's efforts to cool down. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation...
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gazans lined the mn road ton gaza city, as the emir waved at them from his car. he also met with hamas leaders and urged them to reconcile with the rival fatah faction, which rules the west bank. israel maintains a sea blockade of gaza, but qatar has promised to deliver hundreds of million dollars in aid by land route through egypt. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we return to the final presidential debe with a closer look at thee arguable statements made by both candidates. margaret warner has our report. >> warner: last night's final presidential debate took on a lo questions. and the answers at times raised further questions. as we did last week, today we reviewed some of what was said eand how itan match the t recor. starting with mitt romney's charge that from the beginning of his term, president obama was apologizing overseas for america's actions. >> the president began what i've called an apology tour by going to various nations in the mide east and criticizing america. i think they look at that and saw weakn
gazans lined the mn road ton gaza city, as the emir waved at them from his car. he also met with hamas leaders and urged them to reconcile with the rival fatah faction, which rules the west bank. israel maintains a sea blockade of gaza, but qatar has promised to deliver hundreds of million dollars in aid by land route through egypt. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we return to the final presidential debe with a closer look at thee arguable...
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the largest medicare fraud crackdowns today, arresting dozens of people across seven cities, accusing them of cheating medicare out of $430 million. today's busts involved 91 people, including doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators, including these arrests in miami. among the scams-- the president of riverside general hospital in houston and his son are accused of giving medicare patients food and cigarettes for claiming to get hospital care, but instead watched tv or played games. federal prosecutors said that scheme led to $158 million in fake bills. today's action, announced by the justice department, stretched from brooklyn to los angeles. >> this is something i think we see at a variety of levels. we see it among people who are health care professionals who take oaths to provide care and do no harm, and in fact they are doing great harm. we are going after people, whatever their positions, whatever their levels, to make sure we hold them accountable. >> gary can trell is the deputy inspector general for investigation at health and human services with us from our washington,
the largest medicare fraud crackdowns today, arresting dozens of people across seven cities, accusing them of cheating medicare out of $430 million. today's busts involved 91 people, including doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators, including these arrests in miami. among the scams-- the president of riverside general hospital in houston and his son are accused of giving medicare patients food and cigarettes for claiming to get hospital care, but instead watched tv or played games....
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last summer they've never done in which case there's no good reason why if you were a county judge or city council member you have any idea how you run for congress and so there are usually totally enthralled the consultants and the consultants often don't have an incentive to do anything new or to sort of invest in research or development as if they can can get the can to keep on spec doing what they were doing buying t.v. ads or direct mail there's no reason not to and so one of the a lot of the big innovations of actually taking place not in can do campaigns but in more permanent institutions so you know i write a lot about the use of randomized controlled. moving into politics basically pharmaceutical trials used for campaigns and this is coming from the social sciences political scientists and economists and and psychologist innovate and then campaign start to realize that there's something that they can learn from these lessons so then so is it that campaigns are kind of playing catch up with the broader use of technology within the broader economy i think that's right yeah i mean so
last summer they've never done in which case there's no good reason why if you were a county judge or city council member you have any idea how you run for congress and so there are usually totally enthralled the consultants and the consultants often don't have an incentive to do anything new or to sort of invest in research or development as if they can can get the can to keep on spec doing what they were doing buying t.v. ads or direct mail there's no reason not to and so one of the a lot of...
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the divide turned violent in , when gun battles broke out in the northern city of tripoli. tensions have also been fueled by a flood of syrian refugees into lebanon. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoriau nuland stopped short of blaming syria for today's attack, but she said lebanon is at risk of being destabilized again. >> we have been, for a number of weeks and, in fact, months now, that we've been concerned about increasing tensions inside of lebanon, particularly sectarian tensions and tensions as a result of spillover from syria. but i don't want to pre-judge before the lebanese authorities have had a chance to declare themselves who was responsible here. >> brown: there was no such reluctance back in lebanon, where sunnis burned tires in protest in cities across the country as news of the bombing spread. a short time ago, i spoke with abigail fiding smith of thedi "financil times" from beirut. abigail, welcome. tell us a bit more about thel presumed target here, a top intelligence official. how h he stirred up enemies? >> well, he was one of the
the divide turned violent in , when gun battles broke out in the northern city of tripoli. tensions have also been fueled by a flood of syrian refugees into lebanon. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoriau nuland stopped short of blaming syria for today's attack, but she said lebanon is at risk of being destabilized again. >> we have been, for a number of weeks and, in fact, months now, that we've been concerned about increasing tensions inside of lebanon, particularly...
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city groups millions of customers, perhaps you heard the news this morning, that the ceo abruptly resigned. pondit told cnbc today he's been thinking about leaving for a while, multiple reports say he's been fighting with the board of directors over strategy, and the performance of some of the banks division. citigroup stock finished higher along with the rest of the stock market. >>> this next story has consumed a small town in maine, not far from the famous home of former president of george herbert walker bush. suddenly it's in the news around the globe for something that started very small. a local exercise instructor who is now accused of being the woman behind a vast local prostitution business. and the local cops are naming names of the accused male customers. nbc's katy tur reports tonight from kennebunk maine. >> reporter: this picturesque town of 10,000, scandal is ato the afoot. >> it's not a big enough community where you can ignore something like this. >> reporter: the names of 100 local men who allegedly paid to have sex with this woman. the local zumba dance teacher. >> they
city groups millions of customers, perhaps you heard the news this morning, that the ceo abruptly resigned. pondit told cnbc today he's been thinking about leaving for a while, multiple reports say he's been fighting with the board of directors over strategy, and the performance of some of the banks division. citigroup stock finished higher along with the rest of the stock market. >>> this next story has consumed a small town in maine, not far from the famous home of former president...
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[laughter] not just th but think of the public pension problems it is driving city's bankrupt. stockton, of vallejo, riverside, san bernardino, under the weight of the public pension obligations. now the state says get into private. >> the state says there is no logic. that these problems with public pension funds. people need help managin their money. >> california has the paternalistic attitude even against medical marijuana. [laughter] fewer people in a private sector have defined benefits pensions because they are a terrible deal. it is better tohave defined contribution. the ada is businesses are not stepping up to the plate we need a mandate 3 percent goes into the state managed private pension pool you have to opt out every two years. this will not have been unless the enlightened view. gerri: one state senator says workers in small firms are disadvantaged. 84% but they have a personal responsibility. maybe california could find money they don't have. >> is the opposite. they allow people to take more money to say we will tax more. so for example, the public sector pensi
[laughter] not just th but think of the public pension problems it is driving city's bankrupt. stockton, of vallejo, riverside, san bernardino, under the weight of the public pension obligations. now the state says get into private. >> the state says there is no logic. that these problems with public pension funds. people need help managin their money. >> california has the paternalistic attitude even against medical marijuana. [laughter] fewer people in a private sector have...
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>>> it might be called "the city of lights," but mitt romney's last months in paris felt pretty dark. he had gotten word from his girlfriend, ann davies, that she was dating another man. but mitt had to wait until the end of his mission to see her. >> he walked off that airplane, and we only had eyes for each other. >> christmas eve 1968. >> he walked right by his mother, his father, right to me. and it was as though time had stood still. it was an amazing moment where nothing -- it just dissolved, those 2 1/2 years dissolved, and we were right back to where we were exactly when he left. >> and he proposed. >> on the car ride home, he was, like, oh, my gosh, i've waited so long for you. let's just get married. now. why not? let's do that. of course, that was not good news to either set of parents. >> ann was 19, mitt, 21. their parents wanted them to wait. but they wanted a valentine's day wedding. >> what did you guys do when you got this? >> yeah! all right! >> close friend dane mcbride remembers the telegram he received with the news. >> boom, february 14. and you knew exactly what
>>> it might be called "the city of lights," but mitt romney's last months in paris felt pretty dark. he had gotten word from his girlfriend, ann davies, that she was dating another man. but mitt had to wait until the end of his mission to see her. >> he walked off that airplane, and we only had eyes for each other. >> christmas eve 1968. >> he walked right by his mother, his father, right to me. and it was as though time had stood still. it was an amazing...
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the church bells start to chime over the city. on the plane, there are three compartments. the first compartment search the president's staff and kennedy's secretaries are sitting there sobbing. just there jacqueline kennedy is sitting next to her husband but in the center compartment lyndon johnson sitting in the president's share there is an error of great -- we know what he is planning because he is making a list on little note pads on air force one with the heading air force one and he writes on one of them one staff and leadership and has to have a meeting with staff and a meeting with the cabinet immediately and the congressional leadership. we know about incidents that occurred during the flight. in one case just before it took off. lyndon johnson calls robert kennedy. these are two men who have hated each other all their lives. at the time kennedy is having lunch. he had a house in virginia called hickory hill. there is a long green lawn that slopes down. robert kennedy is sitting at a table with robert morgan who is the u.s. attorney for new york and two things hap
the church bells start to chime over the city. on the plane, there are three compartments. the first compartment search the president's staff and kennedy's secretaries are sitting there sobbing. just there jacqueline kennedy is sitting next to her husband but in the center compartment lyndon johnson sitting in the president's share there is an error of great -- we know what he is planning because he is making a list on little note pads on air force one with the heading air force one and he...
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the main event will be tomorrow. look at all of the cities involved. oklahoma city kansas city up through chicago the heartland where we could have large hail damaging winds and cotornadoes. this will be a spags we are following through out the day and tomorrow. a lot of local forecasters are going to be forecasting this potentially severe outbreak. >> janice dean thank you. >> 9 minutes after the hour. undoe sided voters are key in this election. what did they think of last night's performances. >> i thought he jumped the ygun. shouldn't have done it. >> i thought it was a huge mistake. it was arrogant. it sticks with me. i can't forget that. >> we will have the complete report card from frank luntz' group. >> the company already used up millions and millions of our tax payer dollars. we will tell you all about it. >>> [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amaz
the main event will be tomorrow. look at all of the cities involved. oklahoma city kansas city up through chicago the heartland where we could have large hail damaging winds and cotornadoes. this will be a spags we are following through out the day and tomorrow. a lot of local forecasters are going to be forecasting this potentially severe outbreak. >> janice dean thank you. >> 9 minutes after the hour. undoe sided voters are key in this election. what did they think of last night's...
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city. >> a workplace shooting -- >> the gunman killed four people including the owner and then killed himself. >> although police are not certain, there are reports of firing. ♪ >> good afternoon. my name is dan gross, and it is myñ&r privilege to serve as the president of the brady center to prevent give gun violence. i very briefly want to welcome everybody here and thank our sponsors and especially thank you, justice stevens, for the extraordinary honor of your participation in this event. [applause] this issue through a personal experience. in february of 1997, my younger brother, matthew gross, was shot in a shooting that happened on the observation deck of the empire state building, and our dear friend also was killed in that tragedy. my brother survived, despite like a lot of our heros in this room. jim brady and considering what happened to him, he's doing remarkably well, but needless to say, it's changed his life and the lives of all of us who love him and care about him forever. in my case, when my brother was shot, i was a partner at a big advertising agency called jay
city. >> a workplace shooting -- >> the gunman killed four people including the owner and then killed himself. >> although police are not certain, there are reports of firing. ♪ >> good afternoon. my name is dan gross, and it is myñ&r privilege to serve as the president of the brady center to prevent give gun violence. i very briefly want to welcome everybody here and thank our sponsors and especially thank you, justice stevens, for the extraordinary honor of your...
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boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events, more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with the citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] >> welcome back fo "first look." stories making news, moments ago, the nobel peace prize has been awarded. it will not go to an individual person or persons. instead, the european union for six decades of contributions to the advancement of peace and democracy of human rights in europe. >>> leon panetta says the u.s. is becoming -- transportation system and financial networks. last night, he painted a dire picture. >> the collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. an attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life. >> the lebanese militant group hezbollah is claiming a drone that was
boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events, more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with the citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] >> welcome back fo "first...